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SmartOM
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Headless Ubuntu installation fails with an error message.

I tried installing Dropobx on my Ubuntu server. 

"cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -" works well

but when I run "~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd", it throws an error saying: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Couldn't start Dropbox.
This may be a temporary error. Please restart Dropbox.

Get more help at https://www.dropbox.com/c/help/permissions_error

If the issue persists, please contact Dropbox support with the following info for help:

/tmp/dropbox_errorwllux9ir.txt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is the link to the file above: [Removed as per Community Guidelines]

Have tried deleting and reinstalling already 5-10 times but couldn't fix it.

 

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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    Hi SmartOM, I can see that you replied to the support ticket as well. This means that an agent will be able to assist you via email regarding this matter.

  • SmartOM's avatar
    SmartOM
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Hi Jay

     

    The response time is slow. Causing lots of delays on my end.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    As it is already on a ticket, the support team are best placed to assist further with account and device-specific issues, which we wouldn't be able to assist with on the Community.

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